Box Score Shreveport, La. (Oct. 28, 2006) ???C Playing its first five-game match since the opening day of the season, Oakland???s volleyball team rallied from two games down to tie the match, but fell short in the final game as Centenary scored the five-game win over the Golden Grizzlies. The Ladies won by scores of 30-24, 30-25, 24-30, 24-30, 15-12. Junior Monica Frechen (Fowler, Mich.) was one of four OU players to reached double figures in kills, putting away a career-high 18. Oakland (1-21, 0-9 Mid-Con) held an early 11-8 lead in game one after Nikki Pawson (Blissfield, Mich.) and Hallie Beattie (Bowling Green, Ohio) blocked a Ladies attack attempt. Centenary (11-20, 2-7 Mid-Con) came back to take seven of the next eight points to take a 15-12 lead after an OU hitting error. The Ladies increased their lead to 27-17, but Oakland came back with seven consecutive points, three on Stephanie Parkin (Clarkston, Mich.) aces, to pull to within three. Centenary pulled out the game, however, breaking the OU streak with three straight to end it. Oakland opened an early 12-8 advantage in game two after a Pawson kill, but the Ladies came back to tie the game at 13-13 on a Rebekah Hill kill. A pair of Lauren Duquette (Clinton Township, Mich.) aces helped Oakland back to a 20-16 advantage, but Centenary came back later with a 6-0 run to retake the lead at 24-22. The Golden Grizzlies pulled within one at 25-24 on a Leah Dupuie (Leonard, Mich.) put away, but could not tie the game as the Ladies held on for the win. Three kills and a pair of blocks helped OU jump out to an 11-4 lead in game three. Centenary eventually cut the Golden Grizzly lead to three points at 20-17, but a Pawson kill and consecutive aces from Beattie had OU back up by five at 23-18. Centenary could get no closer than four the rest of the way and a Pawson kill at the end gave OU its first game. Trailing by four in the fourth game, Oakland rallied, getting three kills from Frechen as part of a 9-1 run to take a 19-15 lead. Centenary came back to within two at 21-19, but the Golden Grizzlies came up with five straight points to take control of the game. The Ladies could not close the gap and a Dupuie kill tied the match at two games apiece. With game five tied at 7-7, Oakland got a pair of kills from Pawson that started a 5-0 run. With only three points to go for the win, the Golden Grizzlies saw Centenary rally to score eight straight to win it. The Ladies got three kills from Danielle Bochat and a pair of blocks in the rally that led to the win. Parkin finished with career highs in kills (16) and aces (5) for Oakland. The Golden Grizzlies banged out a total of 17 aces, a school record for the Division I era. Duquette matched Parkin with five aces as well, with both players tying the school DI record. Duquette also recorded a 26 dig night, her high for the season and one off her career best. Dupuie and Pawson also reached double figures in kills with 11 each, with Pawson leading the team with six blocks. Setter Alex Darin (Yale, Mich.) had a career-high 57 assists to go with 17 digs. Sarah Chambers led Centenary with 14 kills while Lauren Fielding had 37 digs. Oakland will return home for its next game, hosting Western Illinois on Friday, Nov. 3 at 7:00 p.m. in the Athletics Center O???Rena.